2015/01/23

It is the dream of every advertising agency to have theseclients – Toyota, Tiger Woods Foundation, Lexus,West Coast Choppers, a big hotel chain, a college, etc.The agency – AkinsParker, which is located in Santa Ana,California, is deaf-owned. The owner is Geoff Akins,and he has operated this business for 10 years. He sayshe is a success because of his “deaf eyes” – meaning hesees things with the ad designs that his hearingcompetitors don’t!

— a deaf question at a Super Bowl

Super Bowls always create excitement. In a past Super Bowlpress conference, former quarterback Jim Plunkett wasasked this question – is your father deaf? He was not toopleased with this question because his father was blind.

— an interesting family involvement with sign language

Many hearing parents and hearing brothers and sisters learnsigns to communicate with a deaf family member. There isa twist – in Malawi, a small African nation, there isa push to teach sign language with families that havea deaf member. The twist is that the nation is encouragingaunts, uncles, cousins to learn signs! Normally it isclose family members (mother, father, brothers, sisters)that learn signs – but not the distant members!